Not able to run Eclipse on macOS Big Sur

Question

I am not able to run eclipse on macOS Big Sur developers beta I am getting an error stating "Failed to create the java virtual machine". Is there any way to solve the error

Error pic

The java version I am running:

Do you have a JVM installed? Which release of Eclipse, and what does `/usr/libexec/java_home` return? — nitind, Jun 29 '20 at 22:46
It return jdk 8 and I m using the latest eclipse a Available — Aayush Agarwal, Jun 30 '20 at 03:16
"the latest eclipse a Available" isn't as reliable as a version number. Are you able to run the `java` command from the Terminal by itself? — nitind, Jun 30 '20 at 04:49
What do you mean by "not able"? Can you share the exact error message? — Nico Haase, Jun 30 '20 at 06:37
I am getting an error "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine". — Aayush Agarwal, Jun 30 '20 at 08:46
Big Sur is in beta. And is not a programming related question. You can move the question to https://apple.stackexchange.com/. — kometen, Sep 04 '20 at 07:37

score 46 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '21 at 23:21

46

I have the same issue. I solve it by opening /Applications/Eclipse.app/Contents/Info.plist and adding:

<string>-vm</string><string>/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_201.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java</string>

inside

<key>Eclipse</key>
        <array>
            ADD HERE!
        </array>

Of course the "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_201.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java" value must be replaced with the actual path based on the JDK version you are using.

edited Apr 13 '21 at 23:21

rsc

9,304
4
32
31

answered Jul 01 '20 at 03:12

bytesgo

469
3
3

Was that in the `` entry under `Eclipse` where there is a comment about this in the standard file? A bit more details about exactly where to put this would be useful. – greg-449 Jul 01 '20 at 07:47
yes. and u should replace the value with your own JAVA_HOME – bytesgo Jul 02 '20 at 09:12
Mine is /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_92.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java Tried, does not work. Yes, I put it in the array of Eclipse key. – Lim Thye Chean Jul 03 '20 at 02:42
2

Mine is "jdk1.8.0_171.jdk". So I have added, following line -vm/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_171.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java. It worked. Thanks. – Arun Nov 14 '20 at 04:12
This works for me as well, Thanks – kamal May 25 '21 at 11:10

poke19962008 · Answer 2 · 2020-11-03T07:20:38.777

TL;DR

Use this to export JAVA_HOME variable:

export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_231.jdk/Contents/Home

Long Version

This answer is wrt to BigSur v11.0.1 Beta. What I explored is if you have configured your .bash_profile JAVA_HOME export something like this

export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)

Then it case it was trying to importing this, for some reason

/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home

rather than

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/**/Contents/Home

For the quick fix, I configured my JAVA_HOME like this

export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_231.jdk/Contents/Home

If you are switching between multiple JVMs at once then you may find this .bashrc/.zshrc configuration handy

    export JAVA_8_HOME="jdk1.8.0_231.jdk"
    export JAVA_11_HOME="openjdk-11.0.2.jdk"
    export JAVA_13_HOME="jdk-13.0.1.jdk"
    
        
    alias java8='export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/$JAVA_8_HOME/Contents/Home"'
    alias java11='export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/$JAVA_11_HOME/Contents/Home"'
    alias java13='export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/$JAVA_13_HOME/Contents/Home"'
    
    # default to Java 8
    java8

Is it a bug that the /usr/libexec/java_home was not point to a correct JDK like before? — civic.LiLister, Nov 23 '20 at 03:12
This should be the accepted answer, just a quick note: You should check your installed java version by running `java -version` and updating the export path accordingly. In my case I switched `jdk1.8.0_231.jdk` for `jdk1.8.0_202.jdk` — Franco, Mar 29 '21 at 18:10

score 9 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 05 '20 at 14:19

Edit the Info.plist to set the -vm value.

Install the latest Eclipse version, I am using version 2020-06
Right-click on Eclipse.app
Show Package Contents
Open Info.plist with a text editor
Add -vm/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_191.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java under the under the key Eclipse. Note - edit the path to Java depending on what version you have. You can see the list by running /usr/libexec/java_home -V

score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 12 '20 at 14:14

To fix this issue I deleted the openJDK VM and reinstalled it

Delete the openJDK folder from

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines
Reinstall openJDK from here
Open applications and right-click spring suite > Show Package Contents
Edit file Contents/info.plist. Add this

<string>-vm</string><string>/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-14.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java</string>

This should be inside the array tag inside eclipse key

1

Perfect. Saved my time. – Saurabhcdt Nov 19 '20 at 13:22

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 19 '20 at 16:04

Same thing happened to me turns out when I ran echo $JAVA_HOME the directory has been replaced,

Doing a brand new export to the java home file seemed to do the trick, I used

export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-8.jdk/Contents/Home/

Seemed to do the trick, note that your directory might be different I suggest tracing to your correct directory by using "/" then tab to trace the directories.

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 04 '20 at 07:34

1

I solved this by using Homebrew

brew cask install eclipse-java

answered Sep 04 '20 at 07:34

martin

1,807
1
29
41

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Nov 20 '20 at 01:00

0

Confirmed, adding below to Infolplist worked. I have Oracle jdk 8 and updated the value below. -vm/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_202.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java

answered Nov 20 '20 at 01:00

Gurvinder

1

Can you explain what you mean with **infoIplist**? – Timo Nov 20 '20 at 11:39
i missed to read this, have you solved this. For infoplist read above response from @Michael Peterson. https://stackoverflow.com/a/63267200/3482387 – Gurvinder Nov 25 '20 at 18:08

Leonardo Pascual · Answer 8 · 2020-12-11T00:05:40.557

0

In my case I'm using a old version IDE and it's dead, already add the JAVA_HOME variable, ini and list of eclipse and not working, also noticed virtualbox is dead also can start any VM.

-vm/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_251.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java

edited Dec 11 '20 at 00:05

answered Dec 10 '20 at 23:47

Leonardo Pascual

17
3

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Dec 21 '20 at 05:13

0

I tried all solutions posted under this question; but none of them worked for me. Finally, I installed the latest version of Eclipse 2020-09 (4.17.0) to make it work.

answered Dec 21 '20 at 05:13

amar kaldate

1

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Dec 29 '20 at 19:55

I upgraded to Big Sur a few days ago and also encountered this problem when I finally ran Eclipse this morning.

The latest Eclipse 2020-12 release includes its own JRE (!), thus I no longer experience "Failed to create the java virtual machine". I've left my Java versions unchanged for now as I only use Eclipse to create Tomcat webapps and do not run standalone Java.

$ /usr/libexec/java_home 
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home

$ /usr/libexec/java_home -V
Matching Java Virtual Machines (3):
    1.8.121.13 (x86_64) "Oracle Corporation" - "Java" /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home
    1.8.0_121 (x86_64) "Oracle Corporation" - "Java SE 8" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_121.jdk/Contents/Home
    1.7.0_60 (x86_64) "Oracle Corporation" - "Java SE 7" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_60.jdk/Contents/Home
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Feb 08 '21 at 13:07

In addition to all steps recommended above I had to create the following symlink:

    cd /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_201.jdk/Contents/Home/lib
    sudo ln -s ../jre/lib/server/libjvm.dylib libserver.dylib

The version of the Eclipse I use is 4.4.1. (because tested to work well with WebObjects)

score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Mar 08 '21 at 22:48

0

I had to install the latest version of Eclipse to make it work since that uses Java 11. This happened after I updated to Big Sur.

answered Mar 08 '21 at 22:48

Ankur Srivastava

720
9
10

Not able to run Eclipse on macOS Big Sur

12 Answers12

TL;DR

Long Version

Linked